Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.01%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (N:PFE), which rose 2.82% or 0.90 points to trade at 32.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (N:NKE) added 1.22% or 1.62 points to end at 134.13 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (N:UNH) was up 1.08% or 1.22 points to 114.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (O:MSFT), which fell 1.03% or 0.56 points to trade at 53.69 at the close. General Electric Company (N:GE) declined 0.98% or 0.30 points to end at 30.36 and Boeing Company (N:BA) was down 0.82% or 1.22 points to 147.43.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Keurig Green Mountain Inc (O:GMCR) which rose 8.00% to 52.76, CONSOL Energy Inc (N:CNX) which was up 6.38% to settle at 8.00 and Deere & Company (N:DE) which gained 4.79% to close at 80.00.
The worst performers were HP Inc (N:HPQ) which was down 13.66% to 12.64 in late trade, NRG Energy Inc (N:NRG) which lost 3.49% to settle at 12.18 and GameStop Corp (N:GME) which was down 3.35% to 36.64 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Net Element International, Inc. (O:NETE) which rose 70.73% to 0.14, Speed Commerce Inc (O:SPDC) which was up 66.71% to settle at 0.125 and AEterna Zentaris Inc (O:AEZS) which gained 48.83% to close at 11.430.
The worst performers were Abengoa SA (O:ABGB) which was down 49.89% to 2.33 in late trade, China Advanced Construction Materials (O:CADC) which lost 22.89% to settle at 1.710 and CounterPath Corp (O:CPAH) which was down 22.51% to 3.030 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2066 to 1371 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1731 rose and 879 declined, while 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nike Inc (N:NKE) rose to all time highs; rising 1.22% or 1.62 to 134.13. Shares in Abengoa SA (O:ABGB) fell to all time lows; losing 49.89% or 2.32 to 2.33. Shares in AEterna Zentaris Inc (O:AEZS) rose to 3-years highs; rising 48.83% or 3.750 to 11.430.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.21% to 15.10.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.00 to $1070.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.55% or 0.23 to hit $43.10 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.13 to trade at $46.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.0619, while USD/JPY rose 0.14% to 122.69.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 99.82.